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Who Can't Drive?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/27/ntest127.xml
Well if you've not taken your test yet you better hurry before it becomes 5 times longer to pass and 5 times more expensive to learn
I'm not sure how the average 100 hours and new 500 hours figure is worked out - we didn't have theory test when I passed - someone wanna break down 100 hours fr me from their experience - I think I had about 15 lessons before passing 2nd time.
Well if you've not taken your test yet you better hurry before it becomes 5 times longer to pass and 5 times more expensive to learn
I'm not sure how the average 100 hours and new 500 hours figure is worked out - we didn't have theory test when I passed - someone wanna break down 100 hours fr me from their experience - I think I had about 15 lessons before passing 2nd time.
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If you took this literally, here's a breakdown of the bill;
Total cost of obtaining provisional licence: £45.00
Total cost of 500 hours of lessons, at £22 per hour: £11,000
Total cost of doing theory test: £28.50
Total cost of doing practical test: £48.50 (though this is due to rise in 2008)
And once you've passed...
Cost of buying a car: Anywhere from £400 upwards...
Cost of keeping it fuelled up, putting in £20 a week, every week for a year: £1,040
Cost of insurance: Seen quotes ranging from £600 - £3000.
Taking the biggest figures in each category...
TOTAL: £15,562
Speaks for itself, doesn't it?
and if it really is £15,000 per student I'm gonna setup a string of driving schools ..
Cute 18 year old girls paying me £15,000 to spend time with me .. sounds alright to me ..
When I took my test the 1st time though I certainly hadn't done anywhere near enough and I wasn't ready to cope with what roads had to throw at me. Never had another lesson with an instructor after that though and passed my test on my mum's car.
I'd done about 5000 miles by the time I passed, which assuming an average of 30 mph (seems likely to be too high) that's 167 hours behind the wheel.
Could easily have passed far sooner but by getting that much time in it made me a much better driver, the big criticism of young drivers is their inexperience so I suppose requiring a minimum amount would help that.
It all sounds too much to me, although have noticed crazy crazy driving over the past couplea years, way 2 regularly.
I'm glad it was easier 11 years ago. Not something I have to worry about.
Exactly. How much does it cost to run a car? £40 a week? £50? That's two lessons a week, which is more than most people have when they complain about the cost of them.
Same as mate
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i already have my licence and have for a fair few years but 5 times as expensive...
when i was learning i remember an hours session cost about £20
£20 x 5 = £100/hr - there is no way that can be right!
I'm 21 and soo close to taking my test, I just need to find a new instructor in the new year and brush up on my maneouvres first...
When's all this coming into action?
:yes: And it would probably be a waste of time for people who took lessons, stopped for whatever reason and then chose to start again.
I'm not allowed to drive so this won't apply to me.
I quite like that idea, now just if i can get my work to build a landing strip out the back
You only learn to really drive AFTER you pass your test and are then out on the road on your own. You learn by making mistakes and near misses.
All the driving test does is bring you up to some kind of minimum standard
Most new driver have accident cos of lack of experience, lack of awareness around them, over confidence, etc not because they don't know one pedal from the other.
You can do that here too. As long as the other person is 21 or over and held their licence for 3 years :thumb:
Ah my bad. I thought I remember being told you couldn't. Then nevermind what I thought
The crazy thing is now people's home PC's are so powerful the government can easily provide all new drivers with a free car driving simulation to use at home on your PC, Xbox, Wii or PS.
It might cost a few million to develop but it could easily save many times that in reduced accidents over time, etc. You can simulate all the unexpected things that happen in life like a child running into the road, etc or a car indicating to turn at a junction but drivng straight ahead.
So, to answer.. me. I can't drive. Not in any professional capacity.
Off the subject I had a deer run out in front of my car on the motorway 2 days ago. It was quite scary. Luckily I'd kept my eye on the cars behind me so it was safe to brake, otherwise it would be dead :crying:
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That really pisses me off, seeing older people who took driving tests when they were easy, driving in a way that they would be instantly failed at if they took a test today. I'm not friends with the DSA at the moment, since I failed a test in November